Acting on Principle - An Essay on Kantian Ethics

A second edition of O'Neill's important account and defence of the Kantian ethical position, featuring a new introduction and bibliography.

List of contents

Preface to the original edition; Introduction to the second edition; 1. Principles of action; 2. The problem of relevant act descriptions; 3. A solution to the problem of relevant descriptions; 4. Ethical categories; 5. Applying the categorical imperative; 6. An assessment of Kant's ethical theory; 7. Right decisions and assessments of right; Bibliographies.

About the author

Onora O'Neill is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords. She has written extensively on ethics and political philosophy and in particular on Kant. Recent books include: A Question of Trust: The BBC Reith Lectures 2002 (Cambridge University Press, 2002), Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics (2002) and Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics (with Neil Manson, 2007).

Product details

• Authors: &apos, Onora Neill, O&apos, Onora O'Neill, Onora O''neill, Baroness Onora Sylvia O''neill of Bengarve, O'Neill Onora
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107035591
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03559-1
• No. of pages: 297
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Western philosophy: Enlightenment